QUICK GLANCE

1967 Iso Grifo GL Series I

Broad Arrow Auctions, Amelia Island, USA

3-4 March, broadarrowauctions com

After a full restoration by marque expert Salvatore Diomante, this Grifo took a Best in Class award at the 2017 Amelia Island Concours It’s currently powered by a more modern GM 355 V8 engine – with optional manual transmission – but it will be sold with a fully rebuilt and period-correct 5 4-litre V8 included One of only 330 Grifos built, this Rosso Cordoba Metallizzato show-winner is estimated to sell for $350-400k

1901 Dürkopp 7hp

Bonhams, Paris, France

1 February, bonhams com

Dürkopp was (and still is) known for its industrial sewing machines, as well as bicycles in the late 1800s Similar in concept to Panhard, this early car is powered by a front-mounted vertical twin-cylinder engine Forming part of the Bühner Collection (which is all offered in this sale) for more than 20 years, it has taken part in the London to Brighton run three times Thought to be one of two remaining 1901 models, it’s estimated at €150-180k

Please confirm details with auction houses before travelling 21-29 January

Barrett-Jackson, Scottsdale, USA 24-28 January

Mecum, Las Vegas (motorcycles) 26 January

RM Sotheby’s, Phoenix, USA 27 January

Bonhams, Scottsdale, USA Barons, Southampton, UK SWVA, online, UK 28 January

WB & Sons, Killingworth, UK 28-29 January

ACA, King’s Lynn, UK 1 February

RM Sotheby’s, Paris, France 1-2 February Bonhams, Paris, France 3 February

Artcurial, Paris, France 3-4 February Mathewsons, online, UK 15 February

Brightwells, online, UK 18 February

1960 Triumph TR3A

Historics Auctioneers, London, UK

25 February, historics co uk

There’s always something reassuring about an older restoration, as this car shows With a few age-related marks here and there, and an appropriate amount of wear inside, it’s a characterful and well-sorted car that’s ready for jumping in and driving There’s certainly room for cosmetic improvement, but at £14,000-18,000 it would make a great summer runabout as it stands – with a little less worry about it getting dirty or stone-chipped

ALSO LOOK OUT FOR…

One of our favourite early films is the 1939 epic Union Pacific, in which Joel McCrae battles saboteurs, Sioux raiders, rowdy workers and the elements during the construction of North America’s first transcontinental rail line

The moment leading lady Barbara Stanwyck appears, speaking in an outstandingly poor Irish accent, it’s clear that director Cecil B DeMille wasn’t much interested in authenticity (he was mostly interested in crashing trains), but Union Pacific does get the odd historical detail right The meeting of the eastbound and westbound tracks is celebrated with a ceremony in which the final tie is secured with a golden spike, reflecting the actual events of 10 May 1869

That day, four special spikes were tapped into a tie at Promontory Summit, Utah, before being replaced with iron ones that nobody would nick

1996 Subaru Impreza WRX V Limited

Mathewsons, Pickering, UK

3 February, mathewsons co uk

Tidy and mostly original Imprezas are getting thin on the ground, and this JDM-spec V Limited – marking both driver’s and constructor’s victories in the 1995 WRC –is a real eye-catcher In blue with gold Speedline wheels, aside from a big exhaust and a couple of period-looking interior ‘improvements’, it’s in fairly standard condition We’d want to have a proper look around it, but the £8000-£10,000 estimate makes it very appealing

One gold spike, later borrowed by DeMille for his movie, was provided by the brother-in-law of Leland Stanford Stanford was president of the Central Pacific Railroad, which built the 690 miles of track between Sacramento and Promontory Summit Another gold spike was provided by the publisher of the San Francisco News Letter; a silver spike was donated by a group of Nevadans; and the spike shown here, made of steel and clad in gold and silver, was offered by Arizona governor Anson Safford Following the ceremony, this spike wound up with Sidney Dillon, a bigwig at the Union Pacific Railroad, which laid 1085 miles of track from Iowa to Promontory Summit His memento of a monumental engineering project will be sold by Christie’s in New York on 27 January, when it is expected to fetch up to $500,000

Morris Leslie, Errol, UK Silverstone Auctions, London, UK 21-28 February Shannons, online, UK 25 February

Classicbid, Stuttgart, Germany Historics, London, UK Manor Park Classics, Runcorn, UK Silverstone Auctions, Stoneleigh, UK 2 March

Bonhams, Amelia Island, USA 2-3 March

Gooding & Company, Amelia Island, USA 3 March

RM Sotheby’s, Amelia Island, USA 3-4 March

Broad Arrow Auctions, Amelia Island, USA 9 March

Charterhouse, Sparkford, UK DVCA, online, UK 10-11 March Vicari, Orlando, USA 11 March

Dore & Rees, Frome, UK Hampson, Holywell, UK WB & Sons, Killingworth, UK 15 March

H&H, Duxford, UK